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The judgment was a sequel to the apex court’s speedy consideration of the bail application of two industrialists in a late-night sitting in September 1986. A writ petition had been filed in the court questioning whether the court would show the same anxiety in the cases of “small men”.Forty years later, Ms. Rein pointed out that the present institutional framework of constitutional courts largely restricts access to judicial remedies to designated court hours, working days and limited Vacation Benches.
- ▪The judgment was a sequel to the apex court’s speedy consideration of the bail application of two industrialists in a late-night sitting in September 1986.
- ▪A writ petition had been filed in the court questioning whether the court would show the same anxiety in the cases of “small men”.Forty years later, Ms.
- ▪Rein pointed out that the present institutional framework of constitutional courts largely restricts access to judicial remedies to designated court hours, working days and limited Vacation Benches.
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The story so far: The Supreme Court on July 14 decided to examine a writ petition filed by a woman lawyer, advocate Maheravish Rein, for framing a uniform and institutional framework to urgently set up Benches, night or day, no matter the hour, for citizens who approach constitutional courts, including State High Courts, in cases affecting their life and liberty.Ms. Rein’s has filed the case in the backdrop of reports of late-night arrests, illegal detentions, early morning demolitions of homes, deportations, custodial abuse and other executive excesses were on the rise.A Constitution Bench in the case of Bihar Legal Support Society versus Chief Justice of India in 1986 had underscored that the Supreme Court was a ‘people’s court’ and must function as the “symbol of the hopes and…
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